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THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1991

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MR LAU PAVES A RUN-DOWN OF DISPLAYS IN THE CENTRE AS FOLLOWS:

EXHIBITION HALLS

AGRICULTURE HALL

DISPLAYS IN THIS HALL TRACE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CROP FARMING AND LIVESTOCK INDUSTRIES SINCE THE 1950'S AND EVEN POINT OUT THE WAY FORWARD INTEGRATED FARMING.

HERE, VISITORS WILL COME TO UNDERSTAND WHY FARMERS GAVE UP RICE CULTIVATION AND SWITCHED TO GROWING VEGETABLES INSTEAD.

THEY WILL ALSO LEARN WHY EVEN THOUGH ARABLE LAND IS GETTING SCARCE, THE PRODUCTIVITY OF VEGETABLE FARMERS HAS GROWN BY 55 PER CENT OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES.

AMONG THE ATTRACTIONS IN THIS HALL WILL BE THE REPLICAS OF A MODERN CHICKEN SHED AND A PIG STY TO DEMONSTRATE THE LATEST CHICKEN REARING AND PIG-ON-LITTER RAISING RESPECTIVELY.

TECHNIQUE

VISITORS WILL ALSO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTION OF FARMERS TO LOCAL FOOD SUPPLY. IN ADDITION, COMMON CHICKEN AND PIG BREEDS USED IN THE TERRITORY AS WELL AS VEGETABLE VARIETIES GROWN HERE WILL BE FEATURED.

FISHERIES HALL

THE THEME OF THIS EXHIBITION CAN BE BROADLY CLASSIFIED INTO TWO SECTIONS: DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOCAL FISHING INDUSTRY AND HONG KONG'S AQUATIC HERITAGE.

VISITORS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW THE FISHING FLEET EVOLVES FROM THE WIND-DRIVEN FISHING JUNK OF THE OLD DAYS то STEEL HULL VESSELS.

APART FROM THE VARIOUS FISHING METHODS, VISITORS WILL GAIN INSIGHT INTO HONG KONG'S FISHERIES RESOURCES.

THEY WILL ALSO SEE HOW, DESPITE THE DECREASING FISHERMEN POPULATION, FISHERIES PRODUCTION INCREASED STEADILY, CONTRIBUTING TO 60 PER CENT OF THE MARINE FISH CONSUMED HERE.

ALSO ON DISPLAY ARE SECTIONS ON SUCH INTERESTING AQUATIC LIVES AS DOLPHINS, SEA TURTLES, CORALS AND DANGEROUS MARINE ORGANISMS SUCH AS SHARKS, MORAY

EELS,

SEA SNAKES AND JELLY FISH.

OTHER INTERESTING TOPICS LEVELS, FOOD WEB, ZONATION

SUCH

AND

AS THE ADAPTIVE

ECO-SYSTEM, TROPHIC RADIATION

ARE ALSO

FEATURED.

/COUNTRYSIDE HALL